Product Description

Based on a 1901 black-and-white photograph from the Detroit Publishing Co. Collection depicting the Shamrock II yacht.

Shamrock was a racing yacht built in 1898 that was the unsuccessful Irish challenger for the 1899 America’s Cup against the United States defender, Columbia. Shamrock was built of all-metal construction, with a steel frame and a pine deck. She was skippered by Captain Archibald “Archie” Hogarth.